NW Sash Bash Review

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ABigKid, Tuchus and I did the six-hour trek down to Portland last weekend to check out Northwest Sash Bash. It was my first time in Portland so I was excited, however late last week a bug that was dogging me for days finally went critical and I had such a bad head cold by Friday I was debating cancelling the weekend. I persevered, however, and tried to keep my infection zone to a minimum in the vehicles while we were travelling south. We stopped in Seattle to pick up BigRedSatyr and MyKindofRain. Due to the 'gay men = cat herding' principle, we didn't land in Portland until close to midnight, so we basically stopped by the Eagle for a beer and headed to the hotel with the intention to get a good sleep and take everything up a notch on Saturday. Tuchus and CumPigCub also stayed at the hotel.

ABigKid had picked up his new Alien Egg toy, and we gave it an initial test run on Saturday afternoon after a few stops at Home Depot and Walmart to pick up necessary accessories. Afterwards we dressed up and took the MAX into downtown for the Leather & Lace Show at Embers. We enjoyed the show and tried to win some auction items but there was miscommunication as some points and fellow travellers were out-bidding each other due to the lighting in the club! LOL ABigKid and I ran into Rubberasylum and a couple other Portland guys on our way out, it was good to see at least a bit of rubber representation at the party :)

We went back to the hotel and changed for the Eagle Uniform party, but first ABigKid and I decided to stop by the pansexual play party at the Conservatory to demo the alien egg. The demo went over almost too well, as we spent two hours there instead of one, got about six people into the egg, and as we left, got an ovation! It may not have been our target market for Rubbout promotion, but they certainly enjoyed having us there. The Eagle is pretty small so we figured that was the better place to demo.

We ended up at the Eagle around 11:30 and I think a large number of the guys had already left, but it was nice to meet new guys and reconnect with some old acquaintances and friends there. ABigKid and I stayed until close to 2am then we went back to the hotel, changed again and checked out the play party in Tuchus and CumPigCub's room. Things had already devolved into fucking and fisting so we joined in for awhile. I finally got to bed around 5am.

Sunday morning came early. We packed up, headed out for food. ABigKid and I stopped by friends' place in Vancouver, WA en route back north for a quick visit, then it was pretty much beeline back to Vancouver, BC save for a stop in Seattle at the Cuff and Doghouse Leathers to drop off some more promo stuff and pick up a sponsorship prize package from Jeff at Doghouse Leathers (thanks Jeff! :)).

Portland is a neat town, I would love to go down there again in the summer when everything's green and lush. It's only a six hour drive, it will be a definite place to return to!

The Portland kink community is small but resilient, and very welcoming and fun. Thanks for the fun weekend guys! Until next time!